Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-11-04
CHiNA'S WEST POINT.
How Military Cadets are Educated in {

How Military Cadets are Educated In the
Fiowery Kingdom.
Nearly three years ago the Chinese
Government, at the instgation of Ii
Hung Chang, decided to establish an
academy for forming staff of we'll
instructed native officers. With this
object the first body of Chinese cadets
we're brought together and installed in
he Office of the admiralty at Tien-Tsin
This was in March, 1885. and very soon
afterward the cons ruction of a sepa-
rate building for them was commenced
This is now completed, and it is to serve
IS the model of similar buildings, one
If which is to be erected in the capital
If each of the eighteen. provinces. The
academy of Tien-Tsin is situated on the
Peiho, and occupies space of more
Than six hundred square yards. 1t is
'xcellently adapted to the requirements
If such building, while its architect
aral appearance is in harmony with
The local surroundings. Besides a large
number of reception and dining rooms
md the dormitores, there are four
great lecture halls, two large saloons,
room for military games, another for
photographed work. and third for
printing, two chemistry halls, and an
apartment for drawing. The building
IS capable Of accommodating three
hundred students and the administra-
i've staff. On a wide plain adjoining
he building are encamped under tents
considerable body of infantry and
Irtillery. At the head of the corps of
he cadets is 4 Chinese officer, the
raotai Yang Tsung Pau. His colleague
$, however, Major Paul., of the Ger
nan artillery. The masters and in
'tructors are also foreign officers,
!hiefiy Germans, and the system of
raining is borrowed from the German.
The sons of the upper classes are alone
admitted between the ages of fourteen
md fifteen. At first this rule was not
OBSERVED, and there was one instance
" cadet being as old as thirty-five.
Zach student is expected to remain
our years in the general class, where
he Is taught Chinese, writing, foreign
languages. geography and natural
'cience. After the termination of this
preliminary course he is transferred
or year to one of the school COM
oanics attached to the corps. He then
'erves for q year with the regular
trmy, and finally returns to the
military school for years instruction
military science. After passin q
lis examination the cadet receives his
commission and joins one of the reri-
nents OF the Chinese army.
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IN a'reeent paper on the corner
fence OF certain solar phenomena with
'ae perturbations of terrestrial marne.
''sm' NJ +. Marchand shows. from a
comparative study of the solar obserya.
.ions made at the Lyons Observatory
IN 1886 with the curves Of the Mas.
cart magnetic recorder, that there ex-
ISIS alrect relation between the ter
restr'al magnetic disturbances and th,.
"iSpiacement OF certain solar elements
ACCOMPANYING the soots and the f,culm.
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Lady Arden, of Scotland. recently
nao troublesome tooth, A dentist
was called in to extract it, but she then
declared that she couldn't get up nerve
enough TO stand the operation unles.
she saw the experiment tried ON som,
ohe else For the sake of peace in tn,
iamlly Lord Arden sat down and had ,
sound tooth pulled without wipcina
ne TOOK his revenge in seeing he,
'qairm when her turn came.